The Conflict in Egypt

As many of you might know there is an uprising going on in Egypt. For our first news related post we thought we should address the current situation in Egypt.I'll start by giving you a brief background on Egyptian politics. Egypt used to have a monarchy, but was overthrown by the Egyptian army in 1952. The result of this was the military winning Egyptian citizens respect and resulting in having military leaders since then.

Mr.Mubarak has being president of Egypt for almost thirty years. Many citizens in Egypt are unhappy with Mr.Mubarak and want him gone they also want a democracy. This has resulted in protests in Tahrir square in Cairo which is the capital of Egypt. As a result of these protests pro-Mubarak citizens  became violent against the anti-Mubarak protesters resulting in eleven deaths.

This week men with a high military rank are being given jobs like vice president and prime minister of Egypt. Some businessmen who use to be a large majority in politics are being investigated for alleged corruption, there bank accounts are frozen and they are unable to travel out of Egypt .This is how the new government is showing that it is making an effort to transition into a Democracy.Mr.Mubarak announced this week that he would not seek another term. Vice President Omar Suleiman has announced that the government is now starting the process of political reform (political reform is a social movement that aims to make gradual change) and is said to be inviting outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to join. The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is what it sounds a large group of Muslim men who were made outlaws by Mr.Mubarak. The government is trying to show that's its changing by making an effort to work with the Muslim brotherhood, that was falsely accused of being a dangerous Islamic militant group because he feared there popularity. Hopefully the government will work well with the citizens and Muslim Brotherhood to make the changes needed in Egypt.
-D